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News In The Canyon City

All views expressed here are my own. I'm not speaking on behalf of anyone, including Andrew and Azusa City News. Photo courtesy of Adrian Magallanes. Wow it’s been a while since I’ve written, and I feel like I’ll do a life update at a later time. For now, I want to talk about a recent event that would’ve been too long for a Facebook post: I joined my city’s unofficial news source, Azusa City News. I’m still not sure how long I’ll stay in Azusa, but I probably won’t leave the

Wapow: How Print Brings Community Together

Not too long ago, a headline made me swear out loud. That happens a lot these days, but this one made me want to cry. LA 18 KSCI announced its turn from its multi-lingual programming format to broadcast English infomercials. At various times, it offered programming in 14 different Asian languages such as Korean, Japanese, Chinese and Taglog, as well as Spanish, Armenian, French, Persian and more. LA 18 was how many immigrants in the Greater LA area were able to understand wha

In The Eye Of A Fake News Hurricane

This particular photo was pulled from the Washington Post. The hilarity and fake news was supplied by the Internet. In early 2015, way before “fake news” became a buzz phrase and Donald Trump made his faithful descent on the escalator at Trump Tower, another event jostled the journalism world. Brian Williams, one of the most respected broadcast journalists in the field, turned out to be a fraud. My professor, KTLA’s John Cyrus Smith, led the class in a discussion on his fall

Radio Girls: History Repeats Itself | Mini-Book Review

National Radio Day happened last Sunday and it reminded me of a book I read, Radio Girls by Sarah-Jane Stratford. I picked it up because the story was set during the rise of the BBC in the 1920s-30s. I didn't read too many fictional stories about journalism growing up, and I was intrigued. While the protagonist of this story, Maisie Musgrave, and many events happening to her are fictional, a lot of elements were based on real life. The most notable examples are John Reith, wh

On The New York Times' Boba Article

The New York Times caused quite a stir on the Internet last week. It ran an article highlighting some boba shops in New York City with the headline, "Those Blobs In Your Tea? They're Supposed To Be There." The article was written as if boba had JUST reached popularity in the United States. A lot of people begged to differ, so much so that the Times ran through several revisions of the headline and edited the article to make it seem like it was less about the popularity and mo

Playing Around With Fake News Games

A few personal updates: Work has been great and a lot of people in my life showed a lot of support, which was really humbling. But working hard warrants some fun, and I recently discovered this gem: fake news games. Nieman Lab highlighted these games a couple weeks ago. They were created in response to, what else, fake news mania. These games popped up to entertain and, through fun, teach people a thing or two about the news. One of my college roommates was pretty passionate

Still A Writer

An Annenberg classmate had a get-together last weekend in Downtown Los Angeles. She got a job as staffer for an exciting campaign out of state and invited some people to catch up at a bar before she left. I was in the area anyway, so I went early...and quickly realized that spending an hour alone at a bar isn’t very fun. So with an Old Fashioned in my hand, I turned to one of my biggest boredom-fighting habits; I pulled out my journal and began to write. I don’t go out much s

Onwards and Upwards

Hello Internet. It's been a while. It's been almost a year since I was last here, and a lot has happened since I've been away. There are a few reasons that I didn't keep up, I'll figure out how to explain it in a different post. Just know that my senior year was quite a roller coaster between home, school and work, and my obligations kept me from being able to produce my own content. But I'm back, and I'm sticking to things this time around. After a year of soul-searching and

What's In My Bag? (Traveling Reporter Edition)

For the next 10 days or so I'm going to visit the Philippines. This is going to be the first time in five years and I'm excited to create content from my trip. I feel like it's also a good opportunity to work on my backpack journalism skills. The term, "backpack journalism" typically refers to a form of journalism that requires a reporter to be a jack-of-all-trades while in the field. In addition to interviewing subjects and writing text articles, reporters are encouraged to

Bots At The Convention

It has been crazy for me lately with personal things going on with my family and with my upcoming trip to the Philippines, so this is going to be just a quick write. I was able to follow the conventions over the past two weeks. Between Ted Cruz refusing to endorse Trump to Melania plagiarizing Michelle Obama's speech, from Bernie Sanders calling the Democrat nomination to the Obamas' glowing endorsements, this has been one hell of a two weeks. I'm not sure I'll ever see such

Journos, Let's Talk About Mental Health

So. Mental Health. It's an issue that means a lot to people I know. I'm a college student who not only experienced stress and anxiety before college, but I also know many people who struggle with the same issues. When Buzzfeed highlighted the stories of people who struggled with mental health and Amber Smith shared a picture of herself during a panic attack, I was glad to see people speaking up to lessen the stigma against mental illnesses. But one thing that slipped my atten

Keep Calm & Carreon (& Write)

I'm Heidi Carreon, a SoCal native with a love of writing and being involved in a variety of communities. This is a blog of my life as a Asian American woman working in an ever-changing media landscape. All images and graphics on this site were done by me unless stated otherwise.

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News In The Canyon City

Wapow: How Print Brings Community Together

In The Eye Of A Fake News Hurricane

Radio Girls: History Repeats Itself | Mini-Book Review

On The New York Times' Boba Article

Playing Around With Fake News Games

Still A Writer

Onwards and Upwards

What's In My Bag? (Traveling Reporter Edition)

Bots At The Convention

Journos, Let's Talk About Mental Health

Hello, Internet

Keep Calm & Carreon (& Write)

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